Sister Nursing Corps Bessie Wilmott
- Rank
- Sister Nursing Corps
- Service number
- WFX3439
- Unit
- 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station Australian Army Medical Services
- Cause of death
- Died as Prisoner of War
- Place of death
- Bangka Island, Indonesia
- Date of death
- 16 February 1942
- Age
- 28
- Plaque number
- M256A
- Co-located plaques
- M256 - SR Peggy Farmaner
- Dedicated by
- Second Cousin on 16 February 2008
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Sister Bessie Wilmott of 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station is the daughter of John and Clarice Wilmott of Como.
She was born on 24 May 1913 in Perth and lived in Gardner Street Como for most of her short life.
Bessie attended Como school and swam in the Swan River which was just down the road.
Her nursing training began in 1936 at Perth, now Royal Perth, Hospital, and an entry in a senior staff report reads: 'Nurse does her work very well and is kind to her patients.'
Bessie enlisted at Perth on 14 August 1940.
Sister Bessie Wilmott, service number WFX3439 of 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station, was shot as a prisoner of war at Bangka Island on 16 February 1942. Bessie was 28.